Perry Emerges As Front-Runner in GOP Race

8/25/2011 5:53PM

Rick Perry has emerged as the clear new front-runner in the Republican presidential field, based on polling this week. Neil King on The News Hub looks at how this happened and how Perry handles it as well as reaction from Romney.

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... where ... women are so one might also wonder what Bob O'Brien and ... Rick Perry as emotionally player from Montana Republican presidential ... race Neil King joins us now from Washington DC ... to explain what's going on to it so thank you Brian much for joining us nail ... bomb ... to tell us what how and it's nice to make this happen ... what do you forgive but not really ... I mean it's amazing here it comes out of nowhere in the last thirty days ... um all the sudden heat surges in the Gallup poll found twenty nine percent ... stake above the twelve point lead ... over Mitt Romney ... um he doesn't even have a campaign headquarters so far I was talking to one of the people in hours or go missing the rebound in the business cards ... um ... I mean basically the is distinctly the flavor of the month on its field that has yet to release her excitement ... among a lot of Republican voters voters and and he's doing that ... on he did come out strong after his announcement that it before allows ... me to big note Ripper round of the three early primary states and ... people are ... really just aren't a good to know who this governor is is the longest serving governor in the country but not wildly well-known ... outside of Texas ... of that people seem to ergonomic conservatives on it like it like what he's saying so far ... and are wildly um you know in love with a field as does the Texas now so he's filling a void at the moment what does that does and the specter of George W Bush ... linger on terror it seems as though he's done ... a pretty good job of distinguishing himself ... from our previous president ... and his predecessor as governor exits ... the I think he does that mean I don't know that the club that things up there are bigger primarily is the case ... among Democratic voters of stock really ... an issue based at this stage ... um you know he has a strong appeal among the voters that every lead ... singer of the kind of up voters of come on in the last couple of years ... what does a lot of appeal to evangelicals the tea party wing it ... and use the road in the draw means of support at least in these early months ... in a pretty dramatic way ... you know lot of Hitler well is he a flash in the pan I mean this is ... the longest serving governor in the country but someone has won the ... elections in a row in a varied ... from heart trouble state like Texas ... is a serious campaigner is going to be energetic ... and up hopefully for him is down one c rather decompose the big numbers on the fundraising that no non daily close above a five song by amending comments of Ambam by ninety am Vincent reason that some things is that all in the past now I'm all is forgiven and he misspoke himself or something like that ... you know this is the trademark owner Rick Perry says the sort of thing is the most thoroughly retract them ... on their resume ... in certain circles like in New York or Washington and people are hell are you kidding it's about ... the net ... in a lot of time to come of ... it played in his favor elsewhere in the country ... um so the hours and then you know doubling down on the statement ... of but nor is it necessarily been retracting and he was on the Laura Ingram radio show today and ... he went for ... Mitt Romney for his health there's often talk about how ... up beyond a few in Washington is to hand it over the CD plays ... was the son of a funny thing is he being the biggest job in this time ... of all the same time disparaging enough about the new thing that's very ... Rick Perry the awesome about ... Martha's Vineyard with the ever vacation there is that the US we have no idea really where Martha's Vineyard was ... so for a lot of people in Martha's Vineyard or New York to meet some stupid but ... Offir everyone else to have the desire to go to Martha's Vineyard that sounds about right so do we know Republicans feel that this point I mean these changes would involve less entrenched ... or is there yet you know ... some men behind the curtain is going to merge the tiny ... you know it's just two weeks ago that the Michele Bachmann ... was pretty much flavor of the month ... there there are names that are still rattling around a mean you know the former governor of New York George Pataki been talking about getting in on a government goal of nowhere ... um you know Paul Ryan is now statistically that it won't ... Chris Christie from New Jersey is tough when knock and it didn't really the only last name it's out there ... Sarah pail and I think at the moment ... people are about fifty fifty about whether she will get into making a lot of noise that ... suggests that she welcomes going to be on our way yet again ... over the Labor day weekend on she's making up all the kind of moves ... that a candidate would make ... it's up there is still up feel that even if she does give in. it may not necessarily arise the way that Rick Perry ... has and if that happened it would be damaging to what branching out what to keep us busy talking about and thank you Brian much Neal came with a Wall Street don't Washington DC on not on riparian to check out the store and the beest dot CA